Combined music rack, holder, and turner



April 20, 1926.

G. M. VAN DYKE COMBINED Musrc RACK, HOLDER', AND TURNER Fired August 2o,1924 Int/endo?.

egmm- VHN DYKE Patented Apr. 2Q, 19.521

GERALD MASON van DYKE, or TIENrsIN, CHINA.

COMBINED Nr'UsIo RACK, nonni-in, Nn TURNER;

Application filed August 20, 1924. Serial No..733,201.

To @ZZ whom zit may concern.'

Be it lznown that I, GnnnrioM, VAN Dran, a citizen of the United States,residing vat Tientsin, China, have invented new and useful improvementsin Combined Music Raclrsllolders, and Turners, ofk which the followingis specification. i

This invention relates to improvement-s in combined music racks, holdersand turner-s.

rlhe principal object of this invention is to provide a holder for sheetmusic which will permit'the ready turning of successive leaves of themusic without fingering the same, thereby reducing to a minimum thepossibility of dropping the music as now often happens.

Another' object is to produce a device or this character which isadjustable and readily adapt-ed to standard sizes-of sheet music.

Another object is to produce a device of this character which may beemployed in combination with standard makes of pianos or other musicalinstruments.

A further object is to produce a device which is economical tomanufacture, simple in construction, neat in appearance, the parts ofwhich are interchangeable and a device which may be readily assembled ordisassembled. 1

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

ln the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, andin which like numerals are employed to Vdesignat-e. like partsthroughout the same.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my music holder,

Figure 2 is a cross section taken on the line 2 2 of Figure l, partlybroken away to show the manner of holding the. music,

Figure 3 is a. cross section taken on the lline 3-3 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the hinge units.

At the present time it is customary to stand a sheet of music upon themusic rack and to grasp the sheet to be turned with the hand, with theresult that the leaves are aften dropped to the floor, which actioncauses an interruption in the playing as well as being inconvenient tothe operator.

It is therefore my intention in producing this device to provide meanswhereby the person playing may readily turn the music without anypossibility of the same dropping to the fioor. y

In the accompanying drawings .wherein for the purpose of illustration isshownra preferred embodimentl of my invention, the numeral 5 designatesa base-boardhaving back portions 6 and 7 secured thereto, which bachportions are connected by a bridge portion 8; Thebase 5 is cut away asshown at l9, and has secured therein a bearing 11. A vbearing 12 1ssecured to the bridgeportion 8 and is in alignment with the bearing 9.This arrangement permits a shaft13 to eX- tend through the bearings,vwhich shaft supports the working parts of my device.

A' collar 14 prevents the shaft 13 from dropping downwardly as it isheld in place by a set screw 16. Slidably positioned upon the shaft 13is ya collar 17 held by a set screw 18. The collar is below the bridgeportion 8 and serves to adjustably maintain sliders 19 and 21 upon theshaft 13; The construct-ion of these sliders is best shown in Figure 4wher-e it will benoted that a lug 22 is bifurcated as shown at 23 so asto receive one end of an arm` 24. This arm is provided with a downwardlyextending nose 26 adapted to contact the underside of the vlug 22 forthe purpose of maintaining the arm 24 in a horizontal position.

A similarrarm 27 is secured to the slider 21, each of which arms carriesa pair of downwardly extending plates, as shown at 28 and 29. Theseplates are in turn provided with an orifice 31 adapted to receive thevcurved end 32 of a spring 33, the purpose of which will be later seen.

By again referring to Figure 4, it will be noted that a bent rod 34 issecured to the slider 19, and extends downwardly as shown at 36. Thisrod 34 is provided with an offset 37 for the purpose of accommodatingthe arm 27 when swung to its dotted line position of Figure 1. Theslider 21 is provided with a rod 38 similar to the rod 34, which has adownwardly extending portion 39, but

it will be noted that this rod has no odsetl 13 and are held thereon bya collar 46 held in place by a set screw 47. Hand levers 48 and 49 areattached to the collars 44 and 43, respectively.

Springclips 51 and 52 are att-ached to the back portions' G and 7 fortlie purpose oi' holding the outside sheets of music.

The'manner of operating my device is as follows :w

A sheet of music is placed upon thesbase board 5 and opened so that thefront page may be clipped behindl the spring 5l', while the back page isclipped behind the spring 521- Themiddle pages are clipped beneath thespring 33 in the manner shown in Figure 2, which. results in aportion ofthe sheet being pressedI over the oriice' 3l'. Should the pressurefbeinsuliicient' to hold' the spring in a' simplev manner it is possible togive th'e spring 33' af greater tensioni by' slightly bend-r ing thesame;

v Vh'en itis desired lthev arms Qdi and 2 7 may be swung to verticalposition should? it be found necessary to transfer' the sheets of music'due to the fact that they have become misplaced or orany other reason;

It willl thus be seen that I have provided a very simple device' whichwillE accomplish allot the objectsabove set forth.

It istev be understood that the form of invention l'iereWith shown and`described isto' be taken as a preferred example of the same, and thatvarious changesin the shape, size and arrangement of? parts' may beresortedtowithout departing from the spirit of the invention or thescope of the subjoined'claim.

Having thus described my invention, l claim:-

In aV device'- of the character described, the combination with a base,of spaced back portions secured to said base, a shaft positioned betweensaid back portionsk a-nd secured to said' base, a pair of slidersadjustably mounted on said shaft, a hingedf arm secured to each of said'sliders, downwardly extending clips secured to saidl arms,` saidf clipshaving an orifice formed therein, springs mounted on said arms andadapted to have their a'ee ends extending through Jthe orifice insaidvclips, a pair of collars disposed on said shaft' at a point below saidbase, hand levers secured. to said collars, tubular extensions securedto'y said collars and extending upwardly, andi rods extending: from saidsliders andv having their i'ree ends telescopically received in saidtubular extensions-,for thel purpose specified.

In testimony' whereof I aizr my signature:

GERALD' MASON VAN DYKE.

